Don't be so impressed with these technological terrors

 

Just watched an episode on Tubi, which was about the feats of the ancients. The ancients built acqueducts, pyramids, monuments, and moved impossibly large objects without machines.

The modern world is overly impressed with its machines. This may bore people, but when I was in high school, you had a choice of using a slide rule or a calculator while taking a test. Calculators back then were pretty expensive, and I couldn't afford one. So I had to use a slide rule. But not to be ashamed. Slide rules were used extensively in putting a man on the moon.

I'm still not impressed with AI, but I worry a bit about it. If it does reach its hyped capabilities, it may become a danger. Even if that danger is avoided, I worry that people are becoming too dependent upon these machines.

People can still do amazing things without the machines. If we become too dependent upon machines, what happens if someone pulls the plug? You can't pull the plug on a slide rule, but a computer needs a source of power. If you pull the plug on a computer, it is useless.

Reminds me of this scene from Star Wars: